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chicken-hearted
[chik-uhn-hahr-tid]
adjective
timid; fearful; cowardly.
chicken-hearted
adjective
easily frightened; cowardly
Other Word Forms
- chicken-heartedly adverb
- chicken-heartedness noun
- ˌ-ˈٱ adverb
- ˌ-ˈٱԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of chicken-hearted1
Example Sentences
Trump, the ultimate example of a loud-mouthed but chicken-hearted fascist, is almost comically unnerved by Zelenskyy, who has proven himself a brave man leading what is undeniably a courageous struggle by Ukrainians for their independence.
For the Dodgers to uninvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their Pride Night is chicken-hearted and shameful.
Kappe called Dasch "chicken-hearted," and said, " kind of German are you? We Germans have one mission, which is to kill all the Jews."
"Now I have nothing to fear. And I am not a chicken-hearted type. I've become even more confident in myself. Had I been younger, I would have gone to the fighting with you," Oleksandr brags to some Ukrainian soldiers.
Joe Ruby, who helped invigorate Saturday morning children’s television as the co-creator of Scooby-Doo, the long-running animated franchise about a group of teenage private eyes and their chicken-hearted, snack-guzzling Great Dane, died Aug. 26 at his home in Westlake Village, Calif. He was 87.
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